Your industry colleagues are receiving critical industry information by listening to NASBP Virtual Seminars–Are you?

To date, 970 members, affiliates, and associates have participated in 2011 NASBP Virtual Seminars. Are you one of them? If not, you may be missing critical information NASBP Virtual Seminars provide on the most current issues facing surety professionals.

Mark your calendars for these Virtual Seminars scheduled over the next few months:

The following will be held at 2 p.m. ET on the dates indicated:

• May 24, Funds Control: How to Become an Underwriter Survivalist presented by Michael D. Williams of CCI Surety Inc. and Mike Pecard of North American Construction Services, Inc.
• June 7, Bid Proposal Errors presented by Steven L. Reed of Smith, Curry & Hancock LLP
• July 12, 2010 ACORD Certificate of Insurance Changes presented by Don Appleby of Willis of Colorado and Darrin Weber of IMA of Texas, Inc.
• July 26, Claims in 2011 presented by Rick L. Levesque of The Hartford and Edward Rubacha of Jennings of Haug & Cunningham, LLP
• August 23, Leveraging Technology presented by Deborah Burton of Wells Fargo Insurance Services of Kentucky, Inc. and Nicholas Newton of Associated Bonding

Audio-Recorded Virtual Seminars

If you missed a live NASBP Virtual Seminar, remember that the NASBP membership can download audio recordings of past NASBP Virtual Seminars — usually one week after their live session, by clicking here. Past NASBP 2011 Virtual Seminars have covered these topics:

• sustainable/green construction, the LEED process;
• Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) design liability insurance and risk management;
• today’s credit crunch;
• revenue opportunities in providing court bonds;
• individual surety bonds on federal construction projects, and
• selling in the new economy

Recently NASBP held a Virtual Seminar on April 26, titled “Commercial Surety Bankruptcy – What Agents and Underwriters Need to Know,” which was presented by George J. Bachrach of the law firm of Wright, Constable & Skeen. This presentation addressed the three stages of the life of a commercial surety bond account as it heads towards and then goes into bankruptcy.

Registration for each Virtual Seminar is $69.00 per site. For more information about the Virtual Seminars and to register for upcoming programs, click here.

Anyone with questions, comments, and suggestions about the NASBP Virtual Seminars should contact Cathrine Nelson at cnelson@nasbp.org or 202-464-1171.